Robotics grants in Germany

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Funds €4–6M projects that make human-AI collaboration more inclusive, adaptable and effective on the factory floor.

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Funds an €18M pilot to make AI-driven industrial robots easier to integrate, safer to deploy and reusable across factories.

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Funds €4.8–5.6M research projects building smaller, smarter and more realistic hardware for inclusive virtual-world experiences.

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Funds two €7.5M innovation projects to demonstrate remote and fully autonomous vessels for short-sea shipping and inland waterways.

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Funds three €6.75M innovation projects using on-site robotics to make building renovation and construction faster, safer and more resource-efficient.

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Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.

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Invests in European deep-tech scale-up ventures with momentum needing capital for commercial expansion.

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Invests in scale-up ventures in digital, clean technology, and biotechnology through equity to accelerate commercialization pathways.

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Funds €10M projects that retrofit advanced laboratories with trustworthy AI for closed-loop scientific discovery.

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Funds €5–6.5M research projects that automate factory de-manufacturing and remanufacturing for a more circular European industry.

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Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.

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Funds advanced innovation projects advancing robotics and physical AI deep-tech initiatives toward scalable outcomes.

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Supports ARPA inspired high risk demand driven Physical AI pilots with transformative deep-tech potential.

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Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.

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Funds early-stage deep tech startups developing solutions at TRL 4-5 in collaboration with industry partners through a 4-month co-creation programme.

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Supports defense startups through EU cohorts, providing vouchers and coaching for growth.

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Offers early-career deep-tech researchers a free venture-creation and pre-incubation programme with training, coaching and a European bootcamp.

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Runs themed competitions in which teams compete over several stages to solve one defined technical problem.

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Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

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Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

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Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.

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Pays deep-tech start-ups, SMEs and research organisations a €300,000 lump sum in Stage 1, then up to €2.5 million in Stage 2, to push high-risk breakthrough innovations that lack commercial uptake toward real-world, demand-tested deployment.

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Funds autonomous robots and remote-sensing tools that let first responders search, assess and support disaster zones made too dangerous by conflict.

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Pays a contractor to build and run a shared testing environment where other teams' AI-and-robot tactical-awareness research gets evaluated.